Towle Whitney designs water booster pump systems and prides itself on their value-engineered solutions. PHCPPros recently spoke with Dennis Whitelaw, co-owner and president of Towle Whitney to learn more about the company and their products. Here’s what he had to say.

Owners and managers of large properties as well as commercial buildings already know it’s smart to monitor their buildings’ water consumption to detect problems like “running” toilets and overoccupancy.

Natural gas-fired and electric boilers and water heaters have specific space and venting requirements to keep building occupants safe. Architects and engineers need to discuss these issues during the design phase to ensure aesthetics and safety issue are all considered.

A chef who imagined making fresh food affordable realized her dream in Greenville, S.C. Read on to discover the Feed & Seed food hub, its mission to connect local farmers with the community, and its water conservation goals.

In Part 3 of this three-part series, learn about closed-loop, open-loop and direct-exchange geothermal systems. The geothermal provisions addressed in the Uniform Solar, Hydronics and Geothermal Code are the industry’s most advanced and updated provisions.

Plumbing in office buildings — typically mixed use — is designed differently than in health-care facilities, senior-living communities or multifamily buildings. Automation and digital monitoring through a building management system can aid an overwhelmed facilities staff in keeping water safe.

Instrument air and service compressed air — compressed air systems found in health-care facilities — are often an afterthought as they are not considered life safety systems. Yet they are critical in operating rooms and sterile processing areas.

Creating our building codes includes much research and documents from subject matter experts across the building industries. It is important to learn how these different standards affect each other. Read on to discover how the new earthquake protection codes can impact water-based fire protection systems.